Booth's plot to kidnap Lincoln from "summary" of The Lincoln Conspiracy by Brad Meltzer,Josh Mensch
In the spring of 1865, as the Civil War drew to a close, John Wilkes Booth hatched a plan to kidnap President Abraham Lincoln. Booth, a well-known actor and Confederate sympathizer, believed that by capturing Lincoln, he could force the Union to release Confederate prisoners of war. This audacious scheme was not just a spur-of-the-moment decision; Booth had been planning it for months. Booth enlisted the help of a group of co-conspirators, including Lewis Powell and George Atzerodt, to assist him in carrying out the kidnapping. The plan was to abduct Lincoln while he attended a performance at Ford's Theatre in Washington, D. C. However, as the date of the kidnapping approached, Booth's plan began to unravel. On the night of April 14, 1865, instead of kidnapping Lincoln, Booth made the fateful decision to assassinate him. Armed with a derringer pistol, Booth crept into the presidential box at Ford's Theatre and shot Lincoln in the head. The president was mortally wounded, and Booth fled the scene, setting off a massive manhunt that would ultimately lead to his capture and death. The assassination of Lincoln shocked the nation and changed the course of American history. Booth's plot to kidnap the president had turned into a brutal act of violence that would forever be remembered as one of the darkest moments in American history. The Lincoln Conspiracy explores the intricacies of Booth's plan and the events that led to Lincoln's tragic death, shedding light on a pivotal moment in the nation's past.
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